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It's absolutely shocking to me that Green Bay would get the field goal and the hook at home against a division rival. I don't care what Detroit has done lately. The Packers are a 6-2 team and getting points at home against a 6-1 team. I suppose the line was 3.5 earlier in the week before Jordan Love progressed a little bit through the injury. 

I'd wait to make a play on that. I think it's too much value to take the Packers if Jordan Love plays.

I think the Lions are more likely to lay an egg next week against Houston, who will be missing Diggs and Nico Collins, and coming off a loss against the 2-6 Jets. 

Also not liking the Atlanta play really. If anyone needs a bounce factor, it's probably Dallas. Yeah, they had a couple of nice TDs in garbage time last week, but they have not played well the last two games. I lean Dallas in this spot, but I'm pretty low on Dallas even re-entering the playoff conversation at any point moving forward. 

Giants - I think it's a great spot to take the Giants here. Enough said. 

I'm still waiting for the Chargers to hit their stride this season. They haven't been able to string together good performances all year.

I wouldn't say it was a good performance last week either. They won, and covered, but it was a pretty sloppy performance last week until the end. I believe the Chargers lead the NFL in offensive 3 and Outs.

What did happen last week was I believe the Chargers first big play of the season. A Ladd Mcconkey 60 yard TD catch. Maybe the offense is starting to click more, because that took a long time to happen. 

I also don't like betting teams that just had signature wins. Big upset win against the Ravens last week makes it not a great spot for the Browns.

And I don't know where you get that the Browns have a better defense. The Chargers are 8th in total defense and the Browns are 14th. Though I will concede that the Browns have played a tougher schedule defensively. 

Either way, I like the Chargers this week as well. Jameis is playing better than he did in New Orleans. The knock on him was that he had great offensive stats, but threw too many picks. This neutered him a bit and he was too scared of making mistakes, so he would barely move the ball. 

The Ravens were an easy matchup for Jameis to exploit. Ravens ranked dead last in passing yards allowed per game (291). That's pretty "sik". 

Some of you guys make no sense. "Rigging for Rodgers." The Jets were 2-6, and played on primetime with a short line twice already and lost both times. 

Game may have been rigged, but he doesn't get this every time like you think. 

You must be in your early 20s. The shin thing happened in a primetime game like 10 years ago. It's known that a shin counts as a knee. 

I'd have to see the line. If the Dodgers are getting plus juice then I would consider taking the yankees. If it's pickem or -115 I'd look into Dodgers. 

But it would be fitting that the Dodgers/Yankees series which looked great on paper, ending up being a snoozer for the most part with Ohtani and Judge not doing much. 

Several reasons. This is Yoshi's first season in the MLB. He's been injured twice already. Just got back from the IL in September.

Look at his game log. He usually pitches MAX 5 innings. His last 8 starts were 5 or less. The fact that he even finished 6 was abnormal. Dodgers also have a good bullpen, and if you finish 6 you only need 3 relievers. Do you want to test a guy that's only pitched 7 innings twice in his career when you'll need him later? You pull him, it keeps his confidence up. 

The Dodgers only have Yoshi and Flaherty as starters. They have Bueller and just hope he doesn't implode cuz he's been terrible at times. Not pitching Yoshi into the ground preserves him for another quality start. It will likely be the series clincher in game 6. Gotta think ahead.

Boone probably pulled Cole so early in Game 1 because I bet he's toying with the idea of pitching him 3 times this series. If they're facing elimination in Game 4, he might pitch, then be available for game 7 it gets there. There also could be an underlying health issue there. It's a long season, guys get banged up. 

And the LA Galaxy won. And the LA Clippers won both their games this weekend. 

Whole List:

LA Dodgers

LA Rams

LA Chargers

LA Lakers

LA Clippers

LA Kings

LA Galaxy

USC

UCLA was on a bye, but won their last game. 

It's amazing how one game can alter a series so much.

I originally expected Yankees to win game 1, lose game 2, and win 2 out of 3 in some combination in New York. Then they'd just have to win 1 out of the last 2 in LA.

Losing game 1 changed everything. Now they're either going to need to sweep the Dodgers at home, then take one of the two in LA, or win 2 out of 3 in NY, and sweep the last 2 in LA, when they just got swept in LA. 

One game, one out, changes everything. 

There's really no excuse for this loss. 22 points should have been plenty with a good defense against New England, who even lost their starting QB during the game. 

Or we can give credit to Jerod Mayo. He was pretty harsh on his commentary about the team this week. 

Sorry about the pick. I've been taking New England a couple of weeks now, but didn't this week. Tired of those guys. 

P.S. You can't talk about what Rodgers did in the past when he was on Green Bay in his 30s. 

Look what Sam Darnold did on the Jets. Look what he's done with Minnesota with a good coach and a mediocre to winning franchise. 

Rangers are lighting them up. Only shot at an under is if the orioles put up a stinker

I’m more concerned about Irvin than Heany right now.

rangers could have a big night against this guy

I’m more concerned about Irvin than Heany right now.

rangers could have a big night against this guy

Yeah this game could have whacky stuff too. It’s gonna rain during the game. And you never know with bullpens.

I didn't know DK had lines that said "Team A leading after 5".

There's a first 5 Run Line and Money Line just like the whole game. If you have the money line, and they're tied after 5, it's a push.

I actually had Phillies first 5 ML at -225. It was a much harder win than the full game. But that pitcher was solid for the first 5. Phillies stranded a lot of runners early. 

The line is down on my book, but covers has it up since they're not taking any bets, and I'm assuming Crochet is pitching. 

I took the White Sox when Crochet was playing against Seattle. That guy is the real deal. 13 strikeouts and only 1 run allowed via solo HR. 

Dodgers lines are inflated like heck this season for good reason. But they've proven to not be the dominant team that people expected. There could be some value on Dodgers here because of that, but I wouldn't bet against Crochet against anyone at this point. That dude is #1 ace material. 

I planned my weekend a few days ago. Predicted the lines for all WNBA games, and Saturday's baseball.

Admittedly, I don't know that much about WNBA, but I got all the lines within 1 pt except the Atlanta Dream game and this one.

At 13-3, and tied for the second best record in the league, I actually had Conn as a decent sized road favorite here. Seattle -2.5 seemed way off, which is prob why they won. 

Nice day enfuego. I only played Dallas today. Proven they are clearly the worst team in the league losing to the Mystiks twice in a row. 

NY Liberty are the Kansas City Chiefs of the WNBA. Clearly either the best, or one of the best teams. Win every game, but never cover. They always leave the backdoor open and usually allow a cover by .5 to 3 pts. 

I've bet the Atlanta Dream more than once this season and won. But this is not the same team without Rhyne Howard. I wouldn't bet them again without her. 

Indiana covered. Never sell points in basketball. 4 missed free throws in a row. Joke. 

I had Chicago +9.5 live though 

And it won't get higher than 5! Why? Because the season is over! Shoulda started the poll in the baseball forum.

But yeah, they ain't changing it back. I've gotten used to it at this point. It just makes it harder for me to pick totals now since they only do last 5 games for the starting pitchers. Then I have to google the game logs separately. But I haven't been playing totals lately. They're such a crapshoot with all these imploding bullpens. 

If I want to check back further than the last 10 it's an extra click by clicking on the team, but it can be done. 

This is my 20th year on covers. My first big bet was when Belichick intentionally took a safety on MNF. They were down 1, and instead of punting from their 1 yard line, and allowing them to ice the game with 1 first down, he took the safety, did the free kick, and won the game. 

Anyways, I get it covers. You don't give a crap about us vets. You wanna attract the next generation of degens. And believe me, these apps are the most addicting things I've ever used. And they attract all these kids with these boosted or risk free same game parlay promos.